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" Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already tried against him ; but it could not avail. What was the wit of a thousand wits to him ? The cry of a thousand choughs assaulting that old cliff of granite : seen from the summit, these,... "
Ultramontanism: Or, The Roman Church and Modern Society - Page 3
by Edgar Quinet - 1845 - 183 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 46

1827 - 698 pages
...before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and winds. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...old cliff of granite : seen from the summit, these BM they winged the midway air showed scarce so gross as beetles, and their cry was seldom even audible....
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review ...

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 pages
...before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and winds. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character, as a thinker, can be slightly valued only by such as know...
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 3-4

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and winds. Ridicule, of (he best that could be commanded, has been already tried...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character, as a thinker, can be slightly valued only by such as know...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 3-4

1835 - 916 pages
...before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and winds. Ridicule, ـhit > , '} Ihousand choughs assaulting that old cliff of granite; seen from the summit, these as they winged the...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...rises before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and wind. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character, as a thinker, can be slightly valued only by such as know...
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, collected and republ

Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...rises before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and wind. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character, as a thinker, can be slightly valued only by such as know...
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The Log Cabin; Or: The World Before You

Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1844 - 166 pages
...rises before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and wind. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character as a thinker can be slightly valued only by such as know it...
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On the Nature of the Scholar and Its Manifestations

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, William Smith - 1845 - 258 pages
...rises before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and wind. Hidicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...their cry was seldom even audible. Fichte's opinions may be true or false ; but his character as a thinker can be slightly valued only by such as know it...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...rises before us, amid contradiction and debate, like a granite mountain amid clouds and wind. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already...as beetles, and their cry was seldom even audible. Fichie's opinions may be true or false ; but his character, as a thinker, can be slightly valued only...
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A Retrospect of the Religious Life of England, Or, The Church, Puritanism ...

John James Tayler - 1845 - 616 pages
...amid clouds and wind. Ridicule, of the best that could be commanded, has been already tried aguinst him; but it could not avail. What was the wit of a...as beetles, and their cry was seldom even audible, l-'ichte's opinions may be true or false; but Itia character as a thinker can be slightly valued only...
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